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Alternative birthdate art 1710.

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From: Descendants of Woodham Tuck on Ancestry from SoonerNuke.

Generation No. 1

1. WOODHAM2 TUCK (UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1635 in England.
Child of WOODHAM TUCK is:
2. i. BENNET3 TUCK, b. Abt. 1710, Kent County England; d. Halifax County, Virginia.

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Book: John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia and Some of Their Descendants compiled by Aletha Jane Macon, copyright 1964, from page 5:

While it has not been proved, it is the opinion of many that the father of John and Edward-and possible Thomas Tuck- was one Bennett Tuck. It is said that many older members of the family in Virginia have for years maintained this belief. That there was a person of that name who could have been the father is proved by a note in the Journal of the House of Burgesses on 6 June 1740 in which one Bennett Tuck was mentioned. The name of his wife does not appear, but the frequent use of the name Cary in subsequent generations might indicate that she was a member of that family.

This Bennett Tuck may have been the same as the Bennett Tuck, Sr., who in 1776, with Stephen and Andrew Wade and Gilbert and Andrew Hunt, signed a communication from Halifax County to the General Assembly (Petition of 1776-Archives Division, Virginia State Library). The name Bennett has throughout the years been a popular one in the Tuck family. In the line of John Tuck alone, at least one of that name has been found in every generation down to the present, a Bennett Tuck having been born in Georgia in 1951.

That there were brothers of John and Edward is probably. One of the most likely, as has been suggested before, is Thomas Tuck who seems to have been the first to arrive in Halifax, and later became security to John Tuck when he was made Executor to the will of Edward Tuck in 1781. Then there was a Bennett tuck who served in the Revolutionary Army in Company of Capt William Moseley, 7th VA Reg (Pay Roll W.D-156,9) It is possible that it was he, with a Cary Tuck, who appeared in the Census Rolls of King and Queen county in 1783 and in records of King William County in 1806 and 1802, respectively. A Josiah Tuck figured in King William records from 1799 to 1838 and an Edward Tuck from 1799 to 1808. Finally, in Old King William Homes and Families (Clark) is a reference to Hannah Cary Tuck who in 1809 married George Butler Pollard and was the daughter of Col Cary Tuck of the Revolutionary War period.

Since all these Tucks - Thomas, Bennet, Cary and Josiah - were contemporaries of John and Edward among whose descendants in Halifax their names constantly recur, it does not seem unreasonable to surmise that they were brothers. It is hoped that in future years more source material may become available so that these puzzling tangles in relationships may be unraveled.

Copyright 1964119,399

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*** An early Tuck ancestor (possibly Edward's GGG Grandfather, 4 generations back) was Woodam Tuck supposedly a Jamestown settler.

Possible early Tuck ancestors & relationships:
George 1595
GGGF? Warram (Woodam?) 1615 (Jamestown colony)
GGF? 1640
GF? 1665
#336 F? Bennett 1695
#168 Edward abt 1739

Alternate birthdate and place c. 1710 County Kent, England176

Alternate death date 1770.

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Edward Tuck 1739-1781, son of Bennet Tuck of Kent, England and Hannah Cary.
Notes taken from https://reigelridge.com/roots/tuck.htm

Edward Tuck was born in 1732. He left a will dated 14 Aug 1780, in which he named his brother John and friend Thomas Lacy as his executors. He left his daughter Mary a feather bed and a woman's saddle and bridle, his sons Moses and Josiah each half of a 334-acre tract on "Bufelow Creek," and his house and plantation with 125 acres to his son Edward. He left the balance of his land, 185 acres, to his son Cary, and his "household goods and moveables" were to be divided equally between his daughters Sarah, Vashti, Tabitha and Susannah. He left his house and plantation to Patty Ashlock to raise her children so long as she remained single, or until Edward reached lawful age. If any of his sons did not "follow a good and lawful course of living" his executors were to have them bound out.
Edward died between 14 Aug 1780 and 17 May 1781 in Halifax Co., Virginia.
On 1 Feb 1781 Edward was granted a patent for 344 acres "on the draughts of Buffaloe creek" in Halifax Co., having paid the Commonwealth of Virginia 35s. This seems to be the same land he had six months before included in his will. The patent was signed by Governor Thomas Jefferson.
His will was probated on 17 May 1781 in Halifax Co., Virginia.1 His brother John posted bond as executor on 18 Oct 1781 with David Powel and Thomas Tuck his securities. The other named executor, Thomas Lacy, declined to serve.
An inventory of his personal property was made on 20 Oct 1781 but was not filed with the Halifax Co. Court until the Jan 1790 term. It listed slaves, livestock, furniture and tools with total value of £82 12s 6d. The most significant items were "one Negro fellow" valued at £9, a horse at £5, 32 hogs at £15, a yoke of oxen at £10. six cattle at £16, a pair of cotton cards at £8, and two feather beds at £7 and £2 respectively.
His personal property was sold on 1 Nov 1781 for substantially more than the appraised value. Some entries are unclear, but they totaled over £437. Several items sold for much higher than their appraised values, including the Negro man appraised at £9 and sold for £47, the yoke of oxen appraised at £10 sold for £30, the cotton cards appraised at £8 sold for $550, recorded as £165, and a loom, not listed on the inventory, sold for $201, recorded as £60.

Posted to Ancestry by Teresa Gray.

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Tuck resources, posted on Ancestry by Susanoppat58.

• [Tuck] The Tuck Family of England and America. Typescript. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] Tuck, Ann B. Tuck Family Genealogy: Report No. 1 of a Research in Virginia. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] Tuck Genealogy #3. Typescript, Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] Porter, James S. Letter, 11 Feb. 1915, Rich Hill, Mo. [to] Alfred H. Tuck, Morgantown, Ky. Typescript, Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] "Captain William Munford Tuck," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1964):51. Digital version at Ancestry ($). 
• [Tuck] Macon, Alethea Jane. John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia and Some of Their Descendants. Macon, Ga.: Southern Press, 1964. FHL Book 929.273 T791m
• [Tuck] Tuck Family Marriages in Halifax County, Virginia, ca. 1780-1888. Typescript. FHL Film 29889 Item 1
• [Tuck] Wilkins, James Richard. Pioneers and Patriots: A History of the John Wilkins and Some Related Families of Virginia: Tuck, Hite, Wall, Winn and Others. Winchester, Va.: J.R. Wilkins, 1980. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free; FHL Book 929.273 W656w.

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birth date also listed as Abt 1670 & 1700?

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